Abstract: A collection of sound recordings of interviews conducted by architectural historian Thomas S. Hines between 1972 and 1980
in preparation for his book and exhibition about Richard J. Neutra, published in 1982. Interviewees include Neutra's family,
friends, business associates, clients, and Los Angeles architects.

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Language: Collection material is in
English

Biographical/Historical Note

Architectural historian Thomas S. Hines received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. He is Professor Emeritus
at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has taught cultural and architectural history in the Department of
Architecture and Urban Design and the History Department. He has published numerous articles and is the author of several
books, including Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970, Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture,
and Irving Gill and the Architecture of Reform: a Study in Modernist Architectural Culture.

Administrative Information

Access

Audio visual materials have been reformatted. Open for use by qualified researchers.

Initial processing by Vladimira Stefura. Further processing and cataloging by Annette Doss in 2010. The arrangement was devised
by Beth Guynn. The audiotapes were digitized by Chace Audio in June 2010.

This collection contains 44 audio cassettes of interviews conducted by Thomas S. Hines from 1972 to 1980 in preparation for
his book and exhibition on Richard J. Neutra in 1982. Series I contains interviews with Neutra's friends and family members,
including Norman Cousins, Dione Neutra, and Raymond J. Neutra. Series II is comprised of interviews with Richard J. Neutra's
business associates, clients, and Los Angeles architects. Interviewees include Gregory Ain, Philip Lovell, and Raphael Soriano.
In one recording with Harwell Hamilton Harris, Shelly Kappe conducts the interview with Thomas Hines.

The collection is arranged in two series:
The files are arranged alphabetically by interviewee and then chronologically.Series I. Family and friends, 1972-1980 ;
Series II. Business associates and clients, 1973-1978.